Lahošť
Lahošť, until 2006 Lahošt (German: Loosch) is a village and municipality (obec) in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
Lahošť | |
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Municipality | |
 Center of the village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lahošť within Teplice District | |
  Lahošť Location of Lahošť within Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′19″N 13°45′56″E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Ústí nad Labem |
| District | Teplice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 566 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 417 25 |
| Website | http://www.lahost.cz |
The municipality covers an area of 3.02 square kilometres (1.17 sq mi), and has a population of 566 (as at 28 August 2006).
Lahošť lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Teplice, 20 km (12 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem, and 76 km (47 mi) north-west of Prague.
Paleontology
Fossils of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur were found near this city at the end of the 19th Century. In Hudcov, a nearby village, plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus teplicensis was described in 1906 by Czech paleontologist Antonín Frič.[1]
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